IRAN NUCLEAR

SIMULATION
By Janet Jackson
European Union (EU3)

■ Capital: Brussels
■ International Organization
■ Consists of 28 European Counties
■ Currency: Euro
Country Representative

■ Donald Tusk
■ From Poland
■ I am the European Council President,
which means that I handle the
international relations between the
EU and other countries
Country Representative (Cont.)
■ Political Agenda
– As the EU our agenda is to keep
a united and strong Europe.
This means to keep our
economic ties strong as well as
protecting our member
countries and allies
■ Character traits
– I am known for making
decisions that may not always
agree with the norm, but I feel
are best to keep the EU together.
Currently I am not in the best
area with people as they are
upset that I have been re-elected
to this seat
Country Representative (Cont.)

■ Background
– I have had small roles in the Polish government since the 1990s. One of these roles
included founding my current my current political party, the Civic Platform Party.
I was the Prime Minister of Poland from 2007 to 2014. While I was in office I led
multiple constitutional reforms. In 2014 I was elected the European Council
President and was recently re-elected
Country Actor (Cont.)

■ Intrests
– I have a strong interest in keeping Europe United and protected against all who
wish to hurt it. As well as keep the economy strong.
Country Actor

■ Long Term Political Objectives ■ Short term Political Objectives

– Prevent a nuclear war – Keep Iran in line with sanctions
– Keep economic ties with Iran – Protect EU countries
– Protect EU counties and allies
Opponents and Allies
■ Opponents ■ Allies
– Russia – United Nations
– Iran – United States
– China
 TIMELINE OF
NUCLEAR CRISIS
2002

■ September
– Construction of the first Iranian nuclear reactor by the Russians in Bushehr, even
though the US objected to it
2003

■ September
– The IAEA give Tehran a few weeks to prove it isn’t pursuing an atomic weapons
program
■ November
– Iran suspends its uranium enrichment program and will allow tougher UN
inspection of nuclear facilities
2004

■ June
– IAEA criticizes Iran for failing to fully cooperate with an inquiry into its nuclear
activites
■ November
– Iran agrees once again to suspend uranium enrichment under a deal with the EU
2005

■ August-September
– Iran picks up uranium conversion at one of its plants in Isfahan and insists that it
is for peaceful purposes
– IAEA finds them in violation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
2006

■ January
– Iran breaks the IAEA’s seals at its Natanz nuclear research facility
■ February
– IAEA votes to report Iran to the UN Security Council over nuclear activities while
Iran continues to enrich uranium at the plant in Natanz
■ April
– Iran says that it has succeeded in enriching uranium
2006 (Cont.)

■ August 31st
– The deadline that the UN Security Council set for Iran to halt work on nuclear fuel
passes. IAEA reports that they have not stopped working
■ December
– UN Security Council votes to impose sanctions on Iran’s trade in nuclear materials
and technology. This anger Iran and they vow to speed up uranium enrichment
work
2007
■ February
– Iran is once again said to miss the deadline to halt nuclear work by the IAEA,
which opens the country up to new sanctions
■ April
– Iran’s President Ahmadinejad says Iran can produce nuclear fuel on industrial
scale
– IAEA confirms this and also says that Iran has started more than 1,300 centrifuge
machines
■ May
– IAEA reports that Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in 3 to 8 years if it wanted
to
2007 (Cont.)

■ July
– Iran allows IAEA inspectors into their Arak nuclear plant and following talks with
them
■ October
– New sanctions against Iran by the US, toughest since the first ones it imposed 30
years ago
■ December
– US intelligence plays down perceived nuclear threat played by Iran
2008

■ May
– IAEA says Iran is still holding back information on its nuclear program
■ June
– EU presents beneficial trade offers which Tehran says it will look at but will reject
if it says it has to suspend uranium enrichment
■ August
– Informal deadline set by the West for Iran to respond to incentives package in
return for stopping nuclear activities passes without reply
2008 (Cont.)

■ September
– UN Security Council unanimously passes a new resolution that Iran needs to stop
enriching uranium but does not impose new sanctions
■ November
– US President Barak Obama offers to open an unconditional dialogue with Iran
about its nuclear program
2009

■ October
– Five UN Security Council members and Germany offer to let Iran enrich their
uranium abroad
■ November
– Iran refuses to accept the international proposal to end the dispute over its nuclear
program
– IAEA passes a resolution condemning Iran for developing a second uranium
enriching sit in secret
– Iran announces plans to create 10 more uranium enriching sites
2010

■ February
– Iran says it willl send enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment under a
deal agreed with the West. US tells them to match their words with their actions
■ May
– After mediation talks with Turkey and Brazil, Iran reaches a deal to send uranium
abroad for enrichmen. The US responds with skepticism
■ June
– The UN Security Council imposes their fourth round of sanctions against Iran
because of its nuclear program
2010 (Cont.)

■ August
– Tehran engineers begin loading fuel into the Bushehr nuclear power plant
■ December
– In Geneva talks between Iran and key world powers on Iran’s nuclear program the
decision is made to hold another round of talks in Istanbul in January
2011
■ January
– Iran’s nuclear chief Salehi says that they now possess the tech needed to make fuel
plates and rods for nuclear reactors
■ May
– Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization says that generating unit at the Bushehr
nuclear power plant has begun operation at a low level
■ September
– Iran announces that the Bushehr nuclear power station has been connected to the
national grid
■ November
– An IAEA report says that Iran is carrying out research that can only be used to
develop a nuclear bomb trigger. Iran rejects this
2012

■ January
– US imposes sanctions on Iran’s central bank
– Iran begins enriching uranium at its underground plant in Frodo in what the US
calls and ’escalation’
■ February
– IAEA inspectors leave Iran after being denied access to the Parchin site
■ May
– UN nuclear inspectors find traces of uranium enriched at high levels at Iran’s
Fordo nuclear site
2012 (Cont.)
■ September
– IAEA quarterly report says that Iran doubled production at Fordo nuclear site and
makes it harder for them to inspect the Parchin military site
– Canada breaks off diplomatic relations because of nuclear program and Iran’s
support of the Assad regime
■ October
– EU countries announce further sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program,
focusing on banks, trade, and crucial gas imports
■ November
– A leaked IAEA report says that Iran is ready to double output at the Fordo
underground uranium enrichment facility
2013
■ January
– Iran tells IAEA it plans to upgrade uranium enrichment centrifuges at its Natanz
plant, allowing it to refine uranium at a faster rate
■ April
– Iran says it has begun operations at two uranium mines and a uranium ore-
processing plant, furthering its capacity to produce nuclear material
■ September
– New Iranian President Rouhani tells NBC that Iran will never build nuclear
weapons
■ November
– Iran agrees to curb uranium enrichment about 5% and five UN inspectors better
access in return for relaxed sanctions
2014

■ January
– World powers and Iran begin implementing a deal on Iran’s nuclear program
following talks in Geneva
■ April
– The IAEA says Iran has neutralized half of its higher-enriched uranium stockpile,
as per a deal agreed earlier in the year
■ July
– The sixth and final round of nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1
group begin in Vienna
2014

■ November
– Russia agrees to build up to eight nuclear reactors in Iran, thinking this might ease
Iranian demands to have their own
– Vienna negotiations about the nuclear program fail to finalize preliminary deal
signed in Geneva in November 2013. Both sides say stalling points can be resolved
and agree to an extension to the talks
2015

■ July
– After years of negotiations, world powers reach deal with Iran on limiting Iranian
nuclear activity in return for lifting of international economic santctions
2016

■ January
– International economic sanctions on Iran lifted after UN is satisfied with progress
on fulfilling nuclear agreement
Position Summary
■ Overall I would have to say that mine and the EU’s position on the Iranian Nuclear
crisis is that we will do what ever we can to stop them from creating an atomic weapon.
Unlike the US we have a gentler way of going about it. Since they are a major trade
partner we would like to work with them through sanctions and not just completely
cutting them off diplomatically. The sanctions are to make sure that they know we aren’t
kidding when we say that we do not want them to create a nuclear weapon. This weapon
could destroy the world and also is a threat to our members and allies. Them working
with other countries is alright because it would make it easy to keep an eye on their
activities. We only slightly believe that they will only use the nuclear reactor but all of
their secretive activities lead us to be skeptical. That is why we referred them to the UN
Security Council, and in continuation the IAEA, because we knew that they could help
watch over them and make sure we knew when they were doing anything suspicious.
Especially as of late with their new president we believe that Iran has finally come
around and seen the side of a large amount of the rest of the world. That we mean it
when we say that they should slow down or stop enriching uranium.
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Photo Credits

■ (2014, February 25). European Union Map [digital image]. Retrieved from
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